Dethard Horst
Dethard Horst (also: Horstius, zu Horst ; born August 10, 1548 in Norden (East Frisia) ; † February 1, 1618 in Wittenberg ) was a German legal scholar.
Live and act
Horst was the son of the town clerk Johann zur Horst and his wife Geschke (née Krüger). He attended schools in Emden and Gröningen and studied at the Universities of Löwen and Cologne. At the University of Marburg he received his doctorate in law in 1574 . In 1576 he was offered a professorship in law at the University of Helmstedt . In the years 1579/80 and 1587/88 he was Pro- Rector of the University and a total of four times Faculty Dean . He was dismissed on March 2, 1592 because he opposed a visit to the Helmstedt University ordered by Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .
He went to Wittenberg , where he ran a legal practice as a private individual. At that time he was mainly involved in state affairs at the imperial court in Prague. In 1605 he was appointed Imperial Councilor and before his death Emperor Rudolf II appointed Count Palatine .
Horst was an advocate of the scientific method of Ramism . As a specialist in Roman law he enjoyed contemporary reputation. His book "Tribonianea Jurisprudentia", published in 1579, was the first book printed in the city of Helmstedt. In it he presented a new kind of private law system, which is one of the earliest manifestations of the Ramist method in law.
family
Horst had married Barbara von dem Brocke († 1584), the daughter of Heinrich von dem Brocke and his wife Catharina von Wesenbeck, in January 1577. The marriage resulted in 6 children, 3 of whom died before their father. Well-known are the lawyers Julius Johann and Heinrich, as well as Dethard, who became a pastor in Doberschitz. In 1585 he married a second time Bengine Gentzel von Berneck (* May 24, 1552, † March 23, 1604 in Wittenberg), the daughter of Andreas Gentzel von Berneck and his wife Ottilia Luttheroth (Lutherot).
Selection of works
- Synopsin thesium seu axiomatum juris ad PI II. III. Pandectarum, Helmstedt 1583
- Tribonianea Jurisprudentia, Helmstedt 1579
- Jure Feudali, Marburg 1579
literature
- Martin Fimpel: Horst, Dethard . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 361f.
- Wolfgang Klose: The Wittenberg Scholar's Studbook: the studbook of Abraham Ulrich (1549–1577) and David Ulrich (1580–1623) . Medium Verlag, Halle 1999, ISBN 3-932776-76-3
- Roderich von Stintzing : Dethard Horst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 161 f.
- Horstius, Dethard. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 13, Leipzig 1735, column 950.
- Strinzig: History of the Sciences in Germany Vol. 18, 1 Dept. S. 449
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Martin Fimpel: Horst, Dethard . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, p. 361f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horst, Dethard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horstius, Dethard; Horst, Dethard too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1548 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North (East Frisia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1618 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |